Thinking big: Bournemouth Airport's new £45 million ($72 million) arrivals terminal serves a legendary beach resort and a universally affluent catchment including Sandbanks which has the fourth highest land values in the world.
Multi-faceted: The dense 30-minute, 500,000 Bournemouth-Poole-Christchurch conurbation includes an 18,000 student-strong university and a substantial tradition of teaching English to overseas students; served by over 30 accredited TEFL schools. Bournemouth is also a major convention centre and world-focus as an annual host of the main political party conferences.
Other major reasons to serve this airport
- A modern airport, in an affluent catchment, with over two million people within a one-hour drive time.
- Centrally located on the South Coast of England providing easy access to London, Midlands and Southwest England.
- Leading Southern England coastal airport currently serving 695,000 passengers per annum
- Opportunities to serve long-haul destinations with the airport’s 2,271m long runway.
- Excellent surface access by road and rail.
- The region welcomes over 9 million staying visitors each year, attracting 1.2 million from overseas.
Home of the ‘Jurassic Coast’, England’s first natural UNESCO world heritage site, New Forest National Park, Stonehenge and the Glastonbury Festival.- Bournemouth has the highest number of language schools outside of London.
A variety of support packages exist for new routes and airlines, which also benefit from Bournemouth's substantial on-site marketing efforts to deepen airport use in the inbound and outbound catchment.
Marketing and other support
- Dedicated on-site marketing team.
- Fully integrated marketing campaigns for all new airlines to achieve maximum coverage in the region.
- Fully integrated PR support including inaugural route launches.
- Contract specific and financial support (negotiated).
Bournemouth's catchment is an unusual mix of valuable elements ranging from youthful to affluent-established leisure, to business, and VFR.
Catchment Area
- Bournemouth Airport offers access to a market of up to 2.6m
- 399k conurbation population
- 2m core catchment
- 0.5 floating catchment
Industry and commerce: Katherine Jenkins helps celebrate the launch of the Sunseeker 40 – the Poole-based luxury yacht builder employs 2,300. 'The confusingly-named Liverpool Victoria insurance company is another major local employer of 2,000 people.
Under-served freight opportunities and other economic impact factors
- Bournemouth Airport is a potential gateway to the Channel Islands and offers the ideal location from which to serve the south of England.
- Integrator opportunity to serve the UK’s South and Southwest regions.
- The airport is capable of handling aircraft up to and including the AN124 and B747-400F, and has ample available capacity to accommodate your cargo needs for the South of England.
Geography
- 15 minutes to Bournemouth town centre and coast.
- Public transport direct from airport to Bournemouth town centre and train station.
- Bournemouth to London direct in two hours via train.
- Quick access to major roads connecting to London, Midlands and Southwest England.
- National Express connects Bournemouth Airport via regular shuttle.
Infrastructure & Operations
- New, modern terminal facilities.
- Runway(s): One; 2,271m x 46m.
- Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- 11 aircraft parking stands and with more remote parking stands available.
- 2,400 car parking spaces.
- In-flight catering facilities on-site.
- Ideal cargo gateway for the Channel Islands and Southwest England.
Important infrastructure developments and/or other news
Land of the giants (and giant-sized opportunities). Completion of new terminal infrastructure provides for a three million throughput. In the meantime tourist infrastructure is in no way lacking in either natural history or historical assets.
- £45 million re-development of facilities including terminal, security facilities and navigational aids.
- £60 million development of new business space at the Bournemouth Airport Aviation Business Park currently ongoing.
Vital statistics
- Three key airlines and multiple tour operators.
- 7,000 air transport movements per annum.
- Over 30 destinations served.
